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Chapter 1252 - 749: The Dust Settles
The snowflakes scattered down from the sky, quickly covering the ground with a layer of soft, white blanket. Li Shaogang leaned against the car, unmoving like a statue.
Luo Ye nudged Zhao Qianqian: "Go and try to talk to him, he needs someone to help him through this."
"Sigh!" Zhao Qianqian sighed heavily, walked over, and gently tugged at his sleeve, "Shaogang, come home, at this moment, if you fall apart, who will your mother rely on?"
The other person remained standing, expression unchanged.
Zhao Qianqian increased her grip: "Li Shaogang, standing here turning into an ice man, or dying, what will it change?"
Li Shaogang’s eyes moved slightly: "From the start, you knew it, everything was a show for me, right?"
"That’s not true!" Zhao Qianqian looked at him earnestly, "You came to find me yourself, I couldn’t have planned that, you know it."
"Yeah, I am really stupid, haha..." Li Shaogang laughed blankly, "The first woman I fell in love with, wanted to protect with my life, was using me all along. Or perhaps, this is the legendary retribution? A punishment for my years of playing around?"
"Stop blaming heaven and earth and everyone else, if your father hadn’t done those illegal things, would he have ended up like this today?
Luckily, he was truly good to you and your mother, didn’t drag you down with him, so you should be like a man, be your mother’s support!
Being depressed and resentful now won’t have any effect, only make others despise you more..." Zhao Qianqian snorted coldly, "If it wasn’t for your kind heart, I wouldn’t bother trying to help you."
Li Shaogang gave Zhao Qianqian a indifferent glance: "Miss Zhao, thanks for your concern, we don’t seem to know each other well, you don’t have to do this."
In these two days, he truly experienced the ups and downs of life.
First, his trusted friend Yang Rundong was arrested, and at the most critical time, he used Shaogang’s proximity to push Zhang Aibao away and take him hostage.
Moreover, he really went after him ruthlessly, if Luo Ye and Zhao Qianqian hadn’t intervened, he might have already been gone now.
He’ll never forget the look of mockery in Yang Rundong’s eyes when he was taken away, indeed, he was a fool, for years he thought the other party sincerely cared for him, even considered using his father’s position to help him, only to be repeatedly rejected by his father.
Because of his father’s refusal, he became even closer to Yang Rundong, because the other party didn’t distance himself just because he couldn’t help.
On the contrary, whenever he needed help, the other party would always give it his all.
The most ironic part is that his father and Yang Rundong actually knew each other, which is precisely why his father didn’t want to help, not wanting to drag him into it.
It sounds like he truly loved him, but if he really did, he should have told him early on, instead of letting him be played like a fool.
His father, Li Guoqing, was also taken into custody the night Yang Rundong was arrested, and then swiftly transferred to another province due to overwhelming evidence, waiting for trial.
Over the years, he hadn’t seen any case wrap up so quickly! Informing the family almost equates to closing the case, the rest is just procedural.
Upon hearing the news, apart from his uncle, no one else in the Li family showed up, he finally tasted the coldness of human relations and societal indifference.
He also knows Zhao Qianqian is not at fault, and without her, he wouldn’t be standing here unharmed, but conversely, without her, he wouldn’t have faced such danger, right?
Thus, no matter how hard he tries, he can’t comprehend it!
Perhaps this is what ’the deeper the love, the deeper the hate’ truly means, although he only knew Zhao Qianqian for a day, he indeed fell in love with her.
Yes, it’s love, not just liking, he’s very sure of this, and because of this, he cannot face her, now, he no longer has any right to be with her, so perhaps it’s better to reminisce than to meet.
With his father down, he still has his uncle, over the years he was able to live recklessly due to his uncle, of course, his uncle’s rise was due to his father.
If he stays in the country, he can only become a laughingstock, so taking his mother and leaving might be better, once he’s figured things out, he can decide how to proceed.
Thinking about it, his expression finally showed some change, seeing Zhao Qianqian still standing by his side, with a trace of concern in her eyes, this made the hardened shell he was holding up instantly shatter, he tightly embraced her: "Let me hug you once more, in this life... we’ll never meet again."